[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D196-D197]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PACIFIC MILITARY COMMAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings to 
examine U.S. military activities in the Asia-Pacific region, receiving 
testimony from Adm. Richard C. Macke, USN, Commander-in-Chief, United 
States Pacific Command.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Alton W. Cornelia, of South Dakota, Rebecca G. Cox, of 
California, Gen. James B. Davis, USAF (Ret.), of Florida, S. Lee Kling, 
of Maryland, Benjamin F. Montoya, of New Mexico, and Wendi Louise 
Steele, of Texas, each to be a Member of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Cornelia was introduced by Senators 
Daschle and Pressler, Ms. Cox was introduced by Stevens and 
[[Page D197]] Feinstein, Gen. Davis was introduced by Senator Graham, 
Mr. Kling was introduced by Senator Bond and Representative Gephardt, 
and Ms. Steele was introduced by Senators Nickles and Inouye.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1996 for 
international affairs, after receiving testimony from Warren 
Christopher, Secretary of State.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1996 
for the Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Jack Ward 
Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony 
from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
CAPITAL GAINS TAXATION
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the tax 
treatment of capital gains and losses, focusing on the economic and tax 
implications of a capital gains tax cut, receiving testimony from Jane 
G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; Henry J. Aaron, Brookings 
Institution, Mark A. Bloomfield, American Council for Capital 
Formation, and Ronald A. Pearlman, Covington & Burling, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Jude Wanniski, Polyconomics, Inc., Morristown, 
New Jersey.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on 
proposed legislation to reform the Federal regulatory process, to make 
government more efficient and effective, receiving testimony from 
Robert W. Crandall, Brookings Institution, Jerry J. Jasinowski, 
National Association of Manufacturers, on behalf of the Alliance for 
Reasonable Regulation, Linda E. Greer, Natural Resources Defense 
Council, and E. Donald Elliott, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & 
Jacobson, all of Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; W. Kip Viscusi, 
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; and John D. Graham, Harvard 
University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 1.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ANTITRUST EXEMPTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings to examine the court imposed major 
league baseball antitrust exemption, including related measures S. 415, 
to provide for a limited repeal of professional baseball's antitrust 
immunity, and S. 416, to repeal the antitrust exemption which shields 
major league baseball from the antitrust laws that apply to all other 
sports, after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch, Moynihan, 
Kassebaum, and Graham; Allan H. Selig, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Major League Baseball Executive 
Council; Kevin J. Arquit, Rogers & Wells, and Donald M. Fehr, both of 
New York, New York, David Cone, Kansas City Royals, Kansas City, 
Missouri, and Eddie Murray, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles, 
California, all on behalf of the Major League Baseball Players 
Association; John L. Harrington, Boston Red Sox, Boston, Massachusetts, 
on behalf of the Major League Negotiating Committee; and James F. Rill, 
Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, D.C.
DAVIS-BACON REPEAL ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. 141, to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the 
locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and 
mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted 
contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings 
or public works), after receiving testimony from Senator Chafee; 
Bernard Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards 
Administration; Mayor Clarke Becker, Woodland Park, Colorado, on behalf 
of the National League of Cities; Boyd W. Boehlje, Pella, Iowa, on 
behalf of the National School Boards Association; Gary Hess, Hess 
Mechanical Corporation, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Mill Butler, Handon 
Diving Inc., Maurice Baskin, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, on 
behalf of the Coalition to Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, and Robert A. 
Georgine, Building and Construction Trades Department (AFL-CIO), all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Armand J. Thieblot, Baltimore, Maryland.